Roundtable Discussion — February 7, 2023

Roundtable Discussion

February 7, 2023

Following is a complete video recording of our February 7, 2023 roundtable discussion along with language notes that Kenny sent in real time during the conversation. Many of the language notes contain hyperlinks for further exploration of Kenny’s language suggestions.

Video

There is also an audio-only version of this Roundtable Discussion.

Language Notes

• heavy traffic (collocation)
• a speedy recovery (collocation)
• a flaw (n.)
• The test doesn’t allow for diversity. (phr. v.)
• ethnicity (n.)
• to break sth down (phr. v.)
  • They break the traits down into a list.
• to embody (v.) sth
• Remember that in English, the word people is plural.
  • People are complicated
• inherent characteristics (collocation)
• If you want to express partial agreement, you can use the following adverb phrases: to an extent / to a certain extent / to a degree / to a certain degree
  • I agree to a certain extent, however there is one important point that I feel you might be overlooking.
• nepotism (n.)
• unbiased (adj.)
  • a lack of bias
  • an absence of bias
  • free of bias
• The halo effect is an example of cognitive bias.
• When we need a plural form of a noun phrase, we often pluralize the first word (instead of pluralizing the entire phrase):
  • point of view (singular) / points of view (plural) / not point of views
  • brother-in-law (singular) / brothers-in-law (plural) / not brother-in-laws
• It’s not a bed of roses. (idiom)
• to question an assumption (collocation)
• to blindly accept sth (collocation)
• to be well suited for sth (collocation)
• an abrupt (adj.) change (collocation)